Unnao Case: Supreme Court Steps Into Halt A Moral Collapse Of Justice |
The Supreme Court has, at least for the time being, prevented a grave miscarriage of justice in the 2017 Unnao rape case, one that had shaken the conscience of the nation. By staying the operation of the Delhi High Court’s order of December 23, which had directed the release of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the apex court restored a measure of faith in the justice delivery system that had been badly jolted.
The three-member Bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant, J.K. Maheshwari, and Augustine George Masih, was compelled to intervene because the HC order was morally indefensible.
Sengar was not an undertrial seeking the benefit of the doubt. He is a convicted........